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Topic: Fan Fiction Writing tips???
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Tabby Smurf
MrsHandySmurf
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posted 12-11-2011 07:05 PM
I need help adding discription and deatails to my fanfiction. If anysmurf has any way to help me smurf my fanfiction to be better, please tell me what i should do. Also a question, is making a fanfic illegal? If these are trademarked, doesnt that mean we cant use them?
Posts: 619 | From: Handy Smurf/ MrsHandySmurf mushroom, Smurf Village | Registered: Jul 2011
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Rocker Smurf
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posted 12-11-2011 07:23 PM
I think if you get stuck with writing details and descriptions in your stories, try stopping and thinking about how you visualise a moment in your head. If something comes to you that you like, write it down. It doesn't have to be perfect right away, or end up being used in the complete story, you can always go back and edit or develop it later on. As long as you have the idea written down, it's a good starting point.
And to answer your question, it's technically not legal, but it's also not something I would worry about. Writing fanfiction is such a common thing, and while some professional authors don't approve of it, I don't think anyone has ever been prosecuted or gone to prison over it. There are actually writers out there who give their blessings to fanfiction based on their own stories and characters, and who have read and liked some of them. Harry Potter and Twilight are two series where fanfiction is extremely popular, and both J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer have given their approval to written fan works based on their series.
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Posts: 217 | From: Smurfy old England | Registered: Apr 2010
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Tabby Smurf
MrsHandySmurf
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posted 12-11-2011 08:07 PM
Thank you very much!!! Im still stuck but i am a little concerned about my ideas and if i dont read the other fanfictions im stealing their ideas. What can i do to alter the ideas to make them not the same. I have accidently stolen a few ideas from VicGeorge2010 and i dont want to do it again. I am going to need a lot of advice!!!
Posts: 619 | From: Handy Smurf/ MrsHandySmurf mushroom, Smurf Village | Registered: Jul 2011
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swarlock
Super Smurf
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posted 12-11-2011 09:36 PM
Do your research before going into it. That's my advice.
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Posts: 430 | From: Kissimmee, Florida | Registered: Jan 2005
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Vic George The ND Guy
Super Smurf
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posted 12-12-2011 02:58 AM
Always put a disclaimer warning on the story that it is using licensed property.
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VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA
"Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
Posts: 4103 | From: Westfield, MA | Registered: Mar 2003
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Tabby Smurf
MrsHandySmurf
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posted 12-12-2011 01:22 PM
O thank u all and im still sorry about that whole stoll your materials thing. It was an accident.
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Posts: 619 | From: Handy Smurf/ MrsHandySmurf mushroom, Smurf Village | Registered: Jul 2011
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Sportette
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posted 12-12-2011 04:25 PM
read it over before you post it if you dont
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Posts: 2007 | From: Buffalo,NY | Registered: Nov 2011
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Uncle Gargy
Smurfling
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posted 12-25-2011 01:35 PM
Research it and when doing the story try and just sit down and write it when it feels 'right' You can always go back and 'flesh it out'. I find it's good to visualise yourself as the characters, but that's just the way I do it : )
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Posts: 122 | From: England | Registered: Oct 2011
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